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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Osaka Organic Building

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce (photo credit: arc-map flickr)

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce (photo credit: arc-map flickr)

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce (photo credit: arc-map flickr)

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Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/01/15/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/" target="_blank">Patrick Blanc's famous living walls</a>, Italian-born architect and artist, <a href="http://www.gaetanopesce.com/">Gaetano Pesce</a> designed and built the plant-clad <a href="http://www.mwkdesign.com/kbda-archive/1998-074/98074.htm" target="_blank">Organic Building</a> in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/organic-building-in-osaka-is-clad-with-plant-filled-pockets/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce

Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space - but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of buildings! Possibly a precursor to Patrick Blanc's famous living walls, Italian-born architect and artist, Gaetano Pesce designed and built the plant-clad Organic Building in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo....